
Chapter 50: The All-Knowing Mr. Li
After parting with the scholar, Qin Manyun's face was filled with admiration. The more he thought about it, the more scared he became. Perhaps, the end of 'Journey to the West' was a prefix. It was all just a trap from the start, featuring only match and character battles.
From the very beginning, Wukong appeared as an admirable monkey, with his head shining with heavenly light and celebrated by the world. He is the main character of the world. However, the truth has proved that the so-called 'main characters of the world' are just jokes! There are no 'main characters' in the world, only those who control chess pieces from behind the scenes!
No matter if it was the scholar or Luo Shiyu, they referred to this expert as 'Master. Li’. Obviously, he was one of the bigshots who controlled the game. This Eternal Realm could only be an insignificant little corner on his chessboard.
Qin Manyun's brows stiffened into a stern look. It was rare for such a great person to arrive at this ordinary realm. If he did not seize this opportunity, he definitely deserved to be unlucky with Eternity! So what if he dies because Mr Li doesn't like him? The entire purpose of cultivating was for that faint sparkle of life!
"Shiyu, I decided to visit Mr. Li tomorrow!" Qin Manyun said solemnly. He bowed to Luo Shiyu. "Please introduce me to him."
Annoying a godly figure like Li Nianfan would suddenly probably offend him. Having someone reference can improve the impression score somehow.
“Al— alright then,” Luo Shiyu hesitated for a moment before nodding. He hadn't visited Mr. Li in a long time. When he had a breakthrough to the Golden Core, he did not know why but the first person he wished to tell was Mr. Li. He was just afraid of bothering her, so he refrained from visiting her until now.
The next day, Luo Shiyu brought Qin Manyun to the foot of the hill before climbing on foot.
Although there was no limit, in order to show their respect to Master Li, they would all instinctively climb the hill on foot, regardless of whether it was Bai Wuchen or the Holy Emperor.
They could not afford to offend experts!
With that, Qin Manyun agreed wholeheartedly.
“Manyun sisters, please, remember that the expert lives by the identity of an ordinary man. Please, stay calm. Mr. Li did not like it if his guest was shocked or startled by his deeds, especially about the cultivation of immortality,” Luo Shiyu kept repeating it on the way to the top.
Qin Manyun nodded seriously. "I know."
Not long after, an ancient-looking four-piece architecture appeared before their eyes. Qin Manyun's beautiful eyes narrowed. His body froze as he remained fixated.
He stared blankly at the stanza hanging on the door, as if he had seen an Immortal right before his eyes. A faint wave of Insight hit him, strangling him.
"Hi! Sister Manyun! Wake up!" Luo Shiyu called out. “You can't get in like this! You have to pretend you're not impressed, okay? Let's just say you're in an ordinary person's house.”
Qin Manyun regained her composure and nodded with great difficulty.
"This I—kuplet was written by Mr Li?" she stuttered.
"That's right," Luo Shiyu said with a hint of nostalgia. "I still remember. Li said that she received more visitors lately, so she decided to write a stanza for her door as a facade.”
A facade?
Qin Manyun's scalp is itchy. This couplet could be the greatest treasure of any sect placed in any place! However, this is just a facade in the eyes of experts?
Is this a big man's world?
No way!
There is a deeper purpose to this. Experts do everything with deeper implications!
Qin Manyun's heart was moved and he was deep in thought.
Experts say that he is getting more and more visitors. Perhaps he thought that there would be many people visiting him from that day onwards!
Why did he write this stanza as his facade? Was he trying to scare the insufficient cultivators? Surely, if his guests were unqualified and spoke foolishly, they would easily affect his mood. Therefore, he wrote this stanza deliberately to warn his visitors not to be impolite!
Totally bigshot!
Qin Manyun became more respectful than before. He bowed to the temple.
Meanwhile, Li Nianfan was playing chess with Daji. To be exact, he taught her how to play! One had to admit that Daji's chess skills were very bad! He needs advice in almost every movement! Or else, the game could end as soon as it starts.
Daji caught a glimpse of Li Nianfan. He held a white piece in his hand and asked carefully, “Hmm...can I...put it down...here?”.
Daji bit his lips and lowered his head in embarrassment.
The expert must have been very disappointed in him. He had been teaching her for a few days now, but every time he got caught up in the game, he would immediately lose. His heart was filled with fear and fear. Will he throw her out for lack of understanding?
Li Nianfan took back the piece in his hand, pondering.
Daji is like a child who makes mistakes, waiting for punishment. He did not even dare to take another breath.
There was an overly large gap between Li Nianfan's and Daji's chess skills. Although he could improve his skills through the game, when the distance between opponents was too great, it would cause more harm than good.
Li Nianfan came up with an idea. He smiled, “How about this. I'll prepare a chess game for you to practice your completion process. I think that might be quite helpful. ”
"Hm! Thank you, Mr. Li. I will try my best," Daji nodded anxiously as his eyes turned red. As long as he doesn't kick her out, he'll work as hard as he can. If he did not have enough understanding, he would sweat to learn it so as not to let him down.
Li Nianfan looked at the cautious expression on his face, feeling somewhat hurt. He didn't mean to stress her out, though, but because only the two of them live here — a man and a woman — they will eventually get bored if they do not have something to fill their time. He could only see this little girl suffering for now.
Meanwhile, a respectful voice called out from outside the door. "May I know if Mr Li is home?"
Li Nianfan paused for a moment. He said, "Xiao Bai, go and open the door!"
Xiao Bai rushed to the door.
Click!
Door opened.
Xiao bai greeted the visitors like a gentleman, "Greetings to my two beautiful women."
"Hello, Xiao Bai," Luo Shiyu greeted Xiao Bai with a smile.
Qin Manyun forcefully controlled her facial expression, trying to force a more natural smile.
Spiritual Robots!
The real Spiritual Robot!
It was even put into a human-shaped machine. If one were to put a layer of human skin on it, it would probably be no different from a real human!
This kind of Spiritual Robot was definitely the largest of its kind!
Even though she had heard Luo Shiyu mention this before, she was still unable to control her emotions after seeing it with her own eyes!
Luo Shiyu led Qin Manyun in. Then, he introduced, "Master, Li, Miss Daji, this is my friend, Qin Manyun."
“Greetings to Mr. Li. Greetings to Miss Daji, ”Qin Manyun directly greeted them with respect.
Glancing at the chessboard, his heart sank firmly. He had just had a discussion about how Li Nianfan treated the world as a chess game with a scholar yesterday, and now he was walking towards him doing just that! How could this be a mere coincidence!
Impossible!
He must have counted all this. He must have been expecting his arrival. He was obviously making fun of her!
Looking at the chessboard again, he saw the word 'Jawab' written boldly on the chessboard.
Bam!
Qin Manyun's mind went blank instantly, overwhelmed by the chill that surged from his spine into the sky!
As expected, the expert did treat the world as his chess game!